The Intersection of Art and Architecture: Online Talk

Submitted by the Event Organizer

The David Ireland House at 500 Capp Street hosts a free, online dialogue about the delicate balance between conservation, renovation, and urban use in historic architectural spaces functioning as artistic sites. INTENT: a dialogue on values in the intersection of art and architecture brings together artist Felipe Dulzaides, Cuba-based architecture and art studio Infraestudio, and San Francisco-based Steven Huegli of Jensen Architects for a lively discussion, moderated by associate professor Neeraj Bhatia of the California College of the Arts Architecture Program and independent curator Gretel Medina, about their experiences working on art spaces that were formerly domestic environments, including The David Ireland House itself, Centro Bahìa and Lìnea 503 in Havana, and more.

The program is presented in conjunction with the current exhibition of Dulzaides’ work There is no such thing as a perfect circle, on view at The David Ireland House through December 19, 2020. In it, Dulzaides, who was a close associate of David Ireland, explores subjects of circularity, cultural displacement, chance, dislocation, relocation, and the relationship between architecture and public spaces. Included is Dulzaides’ mixed-media installation Santurio #21, a work that artfully documents his life-art restoration project, the creation of Centro Bahìa, an interdisciplinary art space in Havana, Cuba.

Dulzaides will discuss his project and the way it blurred the hard-edged lines that intersect preservation, urban use, and artistic practice. Architectural group Infraestudio will share their work on Línea 503 in Havana, a structure built in 1888 which was almost untouched until they transformed it into an art center. Steven Huegli of Jensen Architects will share the challenges of working on structures and spaces with embedded culture and environments, including The David Ireland House, Ann Hamilton’s tower, and Fort Mason Center.

The program takes place on December 8, 2020 at 5pm PST and is free with advanced registration at 500cappstreet.org. A Zoom invitation will be sent with registration.

In addition to this online panel discussion, the House celebrates the final month of Dulzaides’ exhibition with a special, limited online release of Dulzaides’ Water Runs, a video work made between 1999-2017 that uncovers the history of Cuba’s National Art Schools, built of utopian revolutionary exuberance, but abandoned when their architects fell out of favor with the regime. In the work, Dulzaides gestures to reclaim this space by cleaning the gutters of the school and allowing water to run again. Water Runs will be accessible online from December 1 to 19, 2020 only at 500cappstreet.org.

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